Kaneaster Hodges Jr.

Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (20 August 1938-) was a US Senator from Arkansas (D) from 10 December 1977 to 3 January 1979, succeeding John Little McClellan and preceding David Pryor.

Biography
Kaneaster Hodges Jr. was born in Newport, Arkansas in 1938, and he worked as a farmer, Methodist minister, hospital and prison chaplain, and as a lawyer. He served as city attorney for Newport and deputy prosecuting attorney for Jackson County, Arkansas from 1967 to 1974. He worked on John Little McClellan's 1972 campaign for the US Senate, and he coordinated David Pryor's 1974 gubernatorial campaign. After McClellan's death in office in 1977, Governor Pryor appointed Hodges to serve out the rest of McClellan's term, and he voted against tuition tax credits for parents of private school students. Under Arkansas law, an appointed senator could not run for re-election, so Hodges stepped down in January 1979; Pryor was elected to succeed him. Hodges was involved with numerous businesses after leaving the Senate.